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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
11
A disagreement over pay for players of the Greys Base Ball Club is noted as minor and likely settled in a day. If resolved, a game may be played next Sunday at home against the Crescents of Columbus, who played here last Sunday.
Coroner J J Lane of Nelsonville held an inquest into Edward Six's death at Mine 209 where he was killed while riding the motor front end. The finding cites the boy's disobedience to orders and widespread violation of the rule that only the motor man may ride the motor. The inquest notes the practice had been tolerated for months and expects enforcement to prevent further accidents.
Cure claim for itching bleeding and protruding piles with PAZO Ointment. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. Price 60 cents.
Mrs Winnie Moore buys a thirty acre farm located between Columbus and Newark for 3750 dollars and plans to move soon. The property is described as first class and the buyer feels fortunate to have secured it.
A drugstore ad claims a woman’s worries fade with wrinkles and vanish after using Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. It promises a bright, smiling face after use with a price of 35 cents for tea or tablets from Cline’s Pharmacy.
Nelsonville on August 6 reports Dr. J M Hyde plans a new brick business building on the west side of the public square. The three story structure will replace the old frame building destroyed by fire early Thursday. Ground floor will house two shops, upper floors offices, with demolition and construction to begin soon.
Miss Collie Hooper, longtime Pomeroy teacher, has been elected for the next year in the city high schools. The position offers a salary of 75 dollars per month. Old maids would be scarce and hard to find. Could they be made to see How grace and beauty is combined By using Rocky Mountain Tea.
A merry crowd attended the infare dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Orville West at Bert West’s Plains home. Mayor Day married the couple about a week earlier. Attendees from Ath ens included R. D. Secoy Mrs. Fred Fengel Had Dalton George Port and Mayor Day. The repast was sumptuous and all report a fine time.
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Frederick Sutton and Mrs. Bessie Shall wed at the Norris Dean residence on High street Saturday evening. May or Gilbert E. Day officiated in his customary impressive style. The couple plans to make their home in Athens.
Ralph C Sper writes from Madrid about settling in, mild climate, and Spanish life. He visits the Gulick school, notes contrasts between rural Spaniards and city dwellers, and describes harvests, peasant work, and primitive threshing methods. He observes Andalusian patios, a marble hotel, and the Columbian library with Columbus manuscripts.
An editorial tease from the Washington Star noting the election cycle and the metaphor of a band wagon possibly taking away support or attention.
The Tarrytown Dispatch notes varied anecdotes about Rockefeller, Twain, Wilcox, Roosevelt, Johnson and others. It highlights humorous exchanges over taxation, tobacco, library lines, and public funding while praising publicity for campaign contributions and noting brass-tacks generosity from Rockefeller and Rockefeller's wife.
Chicago reports the Milwaukee Avenue State bank on the edge of collapse triggering a suspension and a $760,000 to $1,000,000 shortage amid real estate and security speculation. One depositor died of shock and another committed suicide after hearing the news.
Washington announces a leave of absence up to 10 days for second and third class postmasters to attend their conventions. The measure aims to provide attendance time without salary loss while they participate in official gatherings.
In Nelsonville the Greys nine face unresolved wage disputes between management and players. A home game scheduled for tomorrow with Monday is canceled as seven players refuse to play while Townsend and Dew instead travel to Buchtel to play with their team.
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